Kula Sellathurai (President-Canadian Tamils' Chamber of Commerce)
Do you know..?
Tamil Portions of the Sinhala film "Sarungalaya" (The Kite)
of Gamini Fonseka were shot in Karaveddi.
Mrs.Yoga Balachandran wrote the tamil dialoques and she is from Karaveddi.
I was offered a character as Brother in law of Gamini Fonseka in this film, but because of my shooting engagement in Pesalai for "Vaadai Katru" I missed this offer.
Chrithiran Sivagnanasundaram
First SriLankan Postmaster Generel of Ceylon,
Mr. V.K.Sittampalam sent his son to study Architecture in
India, but he spent his time in learning about Cartoon
sketching and returned as a Cartoonist to the dismay of his
father. Sivagnanasundaram also known as Sunder, Sivaji etc.
made readers to look forward to every issue of Thinakaran where his creation "Savari Thambar" appeared. He started "Sirithiran" a novel magazine to make the people laugh and think. Most of the characters in his cartoons were actual persons known to him in Karaveddi, his village.
"Aththulu Vayal" comes in my short story "Engo Tholaivil" also.
"Kiramathu Kanavugal" a radio serial written by me was broadcast for 6 months every week by S.L.B.C and well received by listeners.
This radio play was later released as Audio Cassettes(First time in SriLanka) and rebroadcast by many tamil broadcasting stations in Europe, Australia and Canada.
This play had Karaveddy as background and many land marks in and around our village are immortalised in this play.
Karaveddi can be named as village of temples. Vinayagar is our patron god.
A pleasure for me to see many of my favourites from my village in this function. the release of the book "Musical Heritage of Vadamaradchi" In memory of Sangeetha Pooshanam Mrs.Rasammah Mariyampillai (Karaveddi). Rev.Selvaratnam (Karaveddui) accepted the first copy. Prof.Sivathamby , S.K.Wigneswaran and S.Ranjakumar were the speakers.
A water purification plant for Atthlu Water Supply Scheme at Karaveddy DS Division has been supplied by the Kuwait Government.
This ritual has not yet lost its significance. This also arises from the myth that one falls sick when one is possessed by a spirit. In the village of Karaveddi in the Jaffna district of Ceylon, we can see even today the procedure detailed above, being adopted to cure persons of their illness.
